Vladimir Gligorov ( Serbian and Macedonian: Владимир Глигоров; 24 September 1945 – 27 October 2022) was a Serbian economist of Macedonian descent. He was a founder of the

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in Serbia in December 1989. He was the son of the first President of the

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, Kiro Gligorov. Gligorov earned his master's degree at the

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and the

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working subsequently at both institutions as an assistant. At the University of Belgrade he worked at the Faculty of Political Sciences. He cooperated with the Institute of Economic Sciences in Belgrade until 1991. Gligorov was a Senior Research Associate at

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. He worked as a lecturer at the

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and professor at the

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. He was a

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at George Mason University,

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and

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. Gligorov died in

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on 27 October 2022, at the age of 77.

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The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies
1945 births 2022 deaths Macedonian economists Democratic Party (Serbia) politicians Politicians from Belgrade Serbian economists Serbian people of Macedonian descent Columbia University alumni University of Virginia fellows George Mason University fellows University of Belgrade alumni Academic staff of the University of Vienna Academic staff of the University of Graz 20th-century economists 21st-century economists {{Macedonia-bio-stub